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John Gorka - Scraping Dixie
CAPO: 3rd Fret
INTRO:   C    G    Am    G     F(2x)
I Cheard he was Gscraping AmDixieG  F  
Looking for a jobC  
Looking Gfor some Amwork to Gget him Fby
Steering Cclear of Gall the AmjailsG  
But he was Fskinny as a rail
And his Cface would Ghardly Ammove from Gday to Fday
And his Cface would Ghardly Ammove from Gday to Fday
CHORUS:
Don't you Cset your Gmouth on AmmeG  
Don't you Fset your mouth on me
Don't you Cset your Gmouth and Amjump salty Gas the Fsea
Even Cthough she Gwas the Amone, Geven Fso, I'll overcome
Don't you Cset your Gmouth on Amme like GI beFlong
Don't you Cset your Gmouth on Amme like GI beFlong
He Clearned to Gcook short AmorderG  
He was a Fpour man in a bar
And a Cbubble Gdancer, 'Amtil his Gface got Fsteamed
And I Cknow that Ghe was Ambugged
GDishing Fout them slops and slugs
He Csaid that Ggrease got Amall up Gin his Fdreams
He Csaid that Ggrease got Amall up Gin his Fdreams
INSTRUMENTAL:   C    G    Am    G     F(5x)
He said Che'd be Gscraping AmDixieG  
Maybe FCarolina way
CLooking Gfor some Amcash to Gpass him Fthrough
Oh well, Cwhat you Ggonna AmdoG  
We all Fhave to line the flue
But I'll Cfight unGtil they Amput that Gtree suit Fon
I'll be Cfighting 'Gtil they Amput that Gtree suit Fon
BRIDGE:
A VFAmW fGrom someCwhere
With the G6thousand yard AmstareF  
The VA kept him hanging on a Gline
His disaCbiliGty was Ampending
And I'd Gget these Fscribes that he was sending
He'll be Cscraping Gby 'til the Amweather Gwarms this Fway
Scraping CDixiGe 'til the Amweather Gwarms this Fway
CHORUS:
Don't you Cset your Gmouth on AmmeG  
Don't you Fset your mouth on me
Don't you Cset your Gmouth on Amme like GI beFlong
Even Cthough she Gwas the Amone, Geven Fso, I'll overcome
Don't you Cset your Gmouth on Amme like GI beFlong
Don't you Cset your Gmouth on Amme like GI beFlong
OUTRO: C  G  Am  G  F  (## repeat 12x while humming here and there ##)

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Scraping Dixie

by John Gorka

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 3 (as written in this song)

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John Gorka - Scraping Dixie

CAPO: 3rd Fret

C G Am G F

INTRO: (2x)

C G Am G F

I heard he was scraping Dixie

Looking for a job

G Am G F

Looking for some work to get him by

C G Am G

Steering clear of all the jails

But he was skinny as a rail

C G Am G F

And his face would hardly move from day to day

C G Am G F

And his face would hardly move from day to day

CHORUS:

C G Am G

Don't you set your mouth on me

C G Am G F

Don't you set your mouth and jump salty as the sea

C G Am G F

Even though she was the one, even so, I'll overcome

C G Am G F

Don't you set your mouth on me like I belong

C G Am G F

Don't you set your mouth on me like I belong

C G Am G

He learned to cook short order

He was a pour man in a bar

C G Am G F

And a bubble dancer, 'til his face got steamed

C G Am

And I know that he was bugged

G F

Dishing out them slops and slugs

C G Am G F

He said that grease got all up in his dreams

C G Am G F

He said that grease got all up in his dreams

C G Am G F

INSTRUMENTAL: (5x)

C G Am G

He said he'd be scraping Dixie

Maybe Carolina way

C G Am G F

Looking for some cash to pass him through

C G Am G

Oh well, what you gonna do

We all have to line the flue

C G Am G F

But I'll fight until they put that tree suit on

C G Am G F

I'll be fighting 'til they put that tree suit on

BRIDGE:

Am G C

A VFW from somewhere

G6 Am F

With the thousand yard stare

The VA kept him hanging on a line

C G Am

His disability was pending

G F

And I'd get these scribes that he was sending

C G Am G F

He'll be scraping by 'til the weather warms this way

C G Am G F

Scraping Dixie 'til the weather warms this way

CHORUS:

C G Am G

Don't you set your mouth on me

C G Am G F

Don't you set your mouth on me like I belong

C G Am G F

Even though she was the one, even so, I'll overcome

C G Am G F

Don't you set your mouth on me like I belong

C G Am G F

Don't you set your mouth on me like I belong

OUTRO: C G Am G F (## repeat 12x while humming here and there ##)

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